We almost always forgive those we understand.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.

Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.

An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.

Women love only those whom they do not know!

What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much.

In spite of minor hassles, life was good.

Being an author is to have a toe in the creative pool and a foot in the vat of commerce.

There comes a time. The pain of existence transcends the fear of change. There comes a time.

Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.

I would not have imagined being asked to be Secretary of State, it was a great honor to serve with President Obama in his cabinet.

I am the drum on which God is beating out his message.

....What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where heroes come.

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

I don't know yet what I am capable of doing, but, by God, I have genius -- I know it too well to blush behind it.

Tim Kaine is your friend's dad who catches you smoking weed at a sleepover and doesn't rat you out but talks to you about brain development.